Space Travel Still Alive in New Mexico

Blair Hart • July 31, 2015
The Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo taxis on the tarmac of Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (Andres Leighton/For the Albuquerque Journal)

The Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo taxis on the tarmac of Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (Andres Leighton/For the Albuquerque Journal)

Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire behind the aspiring Virgin Galactic spaceline, recently shared his 91-year-old mother’s motto on social media: “Just keep going,” he tweeted.

It’s advice the serial entrepreneur whose Virgin brand encompasses an airline, a bank, mobile phones, hot-air balloons and fitness centers – among other ventures – appears to be heeding at Virgin Galactic, the anchor tenant in absentia at New Mexico’s Spaceport America.

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